The Methods Lab is the central unit for supporting, connecting, and coordinating the methods training and consulting at the Weizenbaum Institute. Besides assisting ongoing research projects of the research groups and units, the lab also conducts methods research and develops tools for the collection and analysis of digital data.
Latest Blog Posts
- Workshop: Visualizing Situatedness – Situational Analysis through Maps and Collages (October 8, 2026)Join us for the workshop “Visualizing Situatedness – Situational Analysis through Maps and Collages” on October 8, 2026, where Franziska Zirker will introduce participants to Situational Analysis and collage-based mapping as tools for qualitative data analysis. Qualitative research seeks to understand how people, technologies, institutions, discourses, and material environments become… Read more: Workshop: Visualizing Situatedness – Situational Analysis through Maps and Collages (October 8, 2026)
- Workshop: Introduction to LaTeX and Overleaf (September 10, 2026)Join us for the workshop Introduction to LaTeX and Overleaf on September 10, 2026, where Roland Toth and Jochen Knaus will introduce participants to the use of Latex through Overleaf for scientific and technical writing. This workshop is organized by the Methods Lab and Research Management at WI. LaTeX is… Read more: Workshop: Introduction to LaTeX and Overleaf (September 10, 2026)
- Learn AI for Research with InstatsInterested in learning new research methods, building your programming skills, or exploring how AI can support your research? Instats is a global learning platform providing live and recorded training seminars in statistics, programming, research methods, and AI. Most seminars require a fee, but several sessions are also freely available after… Read more: Learn AI for Research with Instats
- The Methods Lab at the 76th Annual ICA Conference in Cape Town, South AfricaOver 4,000 communication scholars from around the world gathered in Cape Town, South Africa, from 4-8 June 2026 for the 76th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). This years theme, “Communication and Inequalities in Context,” invited researchers to examine how communication structures reflect, reproduce, and respond to social… Read more: The Methods Lab at the 76th Annual ICA Conference in Cape Town, South Africa


















